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The Psychological Importance of Planting a Garden
The Psychological Importance of Planting a Garden
Cultivating Long-Term Thinking, Self-Control, and Planning
B. Ducca
Jul 16
Walking in Nature as Healing Meditation
Walking in Nature as Healing Meditation
When an intensive eleven-day silent Buddhist retreat doesn’t feel silent inside
Tamara Embrey 🩵
Jun 24
Paradise Is Just Where You Left It
Paradise Is Just Where You Left It
We can get back to Eden — right at home
Lisa Schamess
Jul 9
On Looking Deep Into Nature to Understand Everything Better
On Looking Deep Into Nature to Understand Everything Better
Look after the wild places and you’ll learn life lessons
✨ Bridget Webber
Jun 14
Can Forest Bathing Keep Us Mobile?
Can Forest Bathing Keep Us Mobile?
Reflections on the power of the outdoors to heal.
Margaret Mills
May 8
Living It Up Outside the Comfort Zone
Living It Up Outside the Comfort Zone
How an adventure race made me more alive
Ray Wirth
Jun 19
This Simple Meditation Can Help Connect You to Nature
This Simple Meditation Can Help Connect You to Nature
How to use the power of mindfulness to deepen your bond with the Earth.
Mike Peterson
Mar 15
Under the Pink Moon — A Forest Bathing Immersion
Under the Pink Moon — A Forest Bathing Immersion
An interview with a newly certified forest therapy guide
Ray Wirth
May 16
An Updose of Adventure
An Updose of Adventure
Fat biking the endless beaches of Puerto Rico
Ray Wirth
Mar 24
Do Some People Not Need Nature?
Do Some People Not Need Nature?
The belief that nature “isn’t for everyone” is wrongheaded and dangerous
Ray Wirth
Feb 5
The Outdoors as a Path to Body Image Satisfaction and Fitness
The Outdoors as a Path to Body Image Satisfaction and Fitness
Focus on what your body can do rather than whether it matches an artificial ideal
Ray Wirth
Jan 15
All in on the Outdoors — A Journey to Rewilding and Wellness
All in on the Outdoors — A Journey to Rewilding and Wellness
How an hour a day in nature set my life in a new direction
Ray Wirth
Jan 8
If Nature Boosts Your Brain, Does the Indoors Shrink It?
If Nature Boosts Your Brain, Does the Indoors Shrink It?
Current research extols the mental benefits of time outdoors — and ignores the hazards of the opposite
Ray Wirth
Jan 29
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